Boy, I sure hate it when I leave things out. But, it really makes me angry when I don't catch it for a few days... So here is the link that I was talking about above.
The people of La Grande, Oregon (near Hot Lake) believe that their nearby resort hotel is haunted.
Early in the 20th century, the resort was really a resort, with a mineral spring pool in one of the wings. It attracted rich people from all over, but since there's really nothing else to do in the area, business dried up.
After WW II, the building was converted to a mental hospital. It was rumoured to have expiramental treatements, including electric shock therapy and hydro-therapy, provided residents. (I once went into the basement rooms where the treatment was administered, and the equipment is still there gathering dust.)
The hospital was shut down some time ago, and the local legend has it that the building is haunted by the spirits of those who were tortured in the basement. (My visit was many years after it had been shut down, but alas, I can't see ghosts or feel spirits, so my adventure turned to disappointment. I really wanted to see what a ghost looked like!)
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Any "haunted house" I enter will definitely have demons. I'll be bringing mine in with me. Then the haunters will become the hauntees. BOOGA, BOOGA, BOOGA!!!
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McLoughlin House Phantom Oregon founding father Dr. John McLoughlin left behind a legacy of generosity. But eerie doings at his historical home indicate that he may have not been as gracious a giver as previously thought. Ever eager to help his pioneering neighbors, he lent a widow Wells a sum of money. Unfortunately for her descendants, however, she stiffed the doc for the last $43 she owed. When a descendant of Mrs. Wells took up as curator of the McLoughlin House 143 years later, McLoughlin's ghost got revenge. Mysteriously, money kept disappearing, only later to be found -- in a locked drawer. Piteous, faint cries of a woman in distress could clearly be heard throughout the house. Even more spookily, the ghost of a tall man -- Dr. McLoughlin was tall -- was repeatedly spotted entering that bedroom. Then finally, 15 years ago and just as quickly as they began, the visits stopped. Perhaps the debt was finally repaid. - Lisa Galloway
Source: Guiley, R.E. The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. Roundhouse Publishing Ltd., 1992.
